Three Sides of the Coin – A KISS Podcast and Radio Show
Michael Brandvold, Tommy Sommers, Mark Cicchini and Lisa Martini
100 episodes
5 days ago
Since launching Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 7,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, the Black Veil Brides' Andy Biersack, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley's Anomaly album, award winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss' drum tech), and Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS' Psycho Circus album). Three Sides of the Coin was recently picked (October 2013) as a 'What's Hot' podcast by Apple's iTunes.
In the early '90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS' official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world renown KISS collector. KISS have used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf!!!
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Since launching Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 7,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, the Black Veil Brides' Andy Biersack, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley's Anomaly album, award winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss' drum tech), and Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS' Psycho Circus album). Three Sides of the Coin was recently picked (October 2013) as a 'What's Hot' podcast by Apple's iTunes.
In the early '90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS' official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world renown KISS collector. KISS have used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf!!!
Episode 643. The Gene Simmons MoneyBag Soda team joins us with Aganorsa Leaf cigars to give us a update on a new partnership to bring you Gene Simmons MoneyBag Soda and Aganorsa Leaf cigar pairings. Enjoy a good cigar with soda! Visit: http://genesimmonsmoneybag.com Visit: https://aganorsaleaf.com DON’T FORGET… We are going to be recording Three Sides […]
Episode 642. The new KISS DRESSED TO KILL box set is out! One of the discs is a live recording from Cobo Hall in Detroit, MI on May 16, 1976. The show starts with Rock Bottom and many fans were a bit confused, why did they leave off the start of the show and begin […]
Episode 641. Izzy is back to talk about the event he is hosting in Las Vegas… WELCOME TO CASABLANCA! The Official, UNOFFICIAL KISS Army Pre-Party! Come join us at The Dive Bar (Las Vegas) for a night of rock and roll celebration before the big weekend! Meet up with fellow KISS fans and enjoy some […]
Episode 640. Ace Frehley Tribute Discussion The team gathered to record a tribute to Ace Frehley, who passed away on October 16th. They discussed the widespread impact of his death, noting how many people from various walks of life expressed their condolences. The group shared personal memories of Ace, including Lisa’s story of meeting him […]
Episode 639. October 7, 2000 was the last time the original four members of KISS ever played together… Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. 25 years ago! We share behind the scenes stories and memories from the last show and events leading up to the last show. Press requests please contact Michael […]
Episode 638. NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN CONCERT FOOTAGE OF KISS AT CADILLAC HS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY We sit down with Dale K. Myers. In 1975, I was a disc-jockey, Dale K. Myers, at WATT 1240-AM Radio in Cadillac, Michigan. When KISS came to town in October, I interviewed Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley, […]
Episode 637. No Michael this week so this show is going to suck bad! But I guess they talked about things to do in Vegas….Three Sides in Vegas…..Alice Cooper/Judas Priest tour….and Mark shares some of the very first Kiss fanzines. Yeah thats right, Mark shares something!! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since […]
Episode 636. We are joined by Jason Hartless Sr. And Jason Hartless Jr who run the NUGE VAULT. They taking deep inside all the amazing things Ted Nugent fans get when they join the NUGE VAULT. Don’t worry there is plenty of KISS talk, including shared for the first time a story about a cassette […]
Episode 635. No Michael this week so honestly, I have no idea what these two fools talked about… I don’t want to listen to find out. Something about when and why you listen to KISS. And I guess they also talk about Nick Simmons, Sophie Simmons and Evan Stanley and what they are doing. Press […]
Episode 634. Lots of topics this week… we start off talking about “B” level artists. This leads to discussing “KISS” and “Aucoin” related artists such as New England, Starz, Piper, Angel, Godz and why didn’t any of them break big? And finally Tommy drops a great what if… what if during the very early days […]
Episode 633. We were going to take off this week as Mark was on vacation, but KISS announced a partnership with the video game World of Tanks and we realized we had to talk about this, share our feelings. This appears to be an effort to expose the band to a potentially new audience and […]
Episode 632. It was announced that KISS… Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss have been selected to be 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees. HOLY CRAP! Nobody saw this coming! This is a HUGE honor for the band, it could be argued this is bigger and more important than the Rock N Roll Hall […]
Episode 631. We talk about two KISS products… a Hot In The Shade pin and some brand new KISS 70s costume action figures. What do you think of each item? That Hot In The Shade pin is a trainwreck, the product copy is so wrong and the pin looks like crap. But… the action figures, […]
Episode 630. We remember Ozzy Osbourne who passed away on July 22nd, 2025. Lisa’s husband Bryan joins Michael, Mark and Lisa as we all share our memories and stories of Ozzy. Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over […]
Episode 629. We read and react to a review of KISS Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. Boy is this reviewer spot on! But this review leads into deeper discussions of greatest hits albums, record label influence and contracts and then somehow we get into a AC/DC discussion. Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since […]
Episode 628. Lisa is back this week and we start off by catching up with her and what she has been doing. We talk about the Black Sabbath Back To The Beginning concert and our thoughts. Then we move into talking about if KISS could do something like this and who might the guest musicians […]
Episode 627. We are auditioning a possible “weather boy” and for his audition to join us he brought a great topic… what was it about KISS and how did we get get into them in the 1970s? Talk about a trip down memory lane! Stories of school, siblings, friends, monsters, wrestling, Sid & Marty Krofft […]
Episode 626. This week Mark and Michael sound off! Is the KISS Army fan club worth joining? $50 a year for early access to buy merchandise? Come on! Oh and celebrating the anniversary of album releases by doing nothing more than releasing some t-shirts, colored vinyl and a picture disc… that isn’t how you celebrate […]
Episode 625. Groundbreaking episode… this week Mark Cicchini gets up, walks to another room, finds a collectible, brings it back, sits down and OPENS IT! And Tommy ( who is this Tommy guy? ) isn’t here to see it happen! Mark reads two 1974 reviews of the debut KISS album and both are actually quite […]
Episode 624. It has been 10 years since Ros Radley appeared on Three Sides of the Coin saying the Magic book would be released Xmas 2015, still no updates… but lets be real, the book is not happening. And Paul Stanley in a recent interview… Stanley told Broken Record about the Vegas event (as […]
Three Sides of the Coin – A KISS Podcast and Radio Show
Since launching Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 7,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, the Black Veil Brides' Andy Biersack, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley's Anomaly album, award winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss' drum tech), and Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS' Psycho Circus album). Three Sides of the Coin was recently picked (October 2013) as a 'What's Hot' podcast by Apple's iTunes.
In the early '90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS' official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world renown KISS collector. KISS have used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf!!!
